Mothers and fathers in the workplace: How gender and parental status influence judgments of job-related competence

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 737-754

  Fuegen, Kathleen ^a   Biernat, Monica ^b   Haines, Elizabeth ^c   Deaux, Kay ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; GENDER ROLE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 10944237187     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4537.2004.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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